Happy Deepavali!

Happy Deepavali!

This post was originally published on murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com. May the lights of Deepavali dispel all darkness in your life! We went to visit the Deepavali Festival Village over the weekend, thinking it wouldn’t yet be as crowded as it’s going to...
Writing Mysteries While Gaza Burns?

Writing Mysteries While Gaza Burns?

This post was originally published on murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com. The skies are peaceful here in Singapore right now, but we’re well aware that’s far from the case elsewhere in the world right now. Singapore has committed to contributing over half a...
NaNoWriteWithNoLimitsMo is Coming Again Soon!

NaNoWriteWithNoLimitsMo is Coming Again Soon!

This post was originally published on murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com. Have you signed up for NaNoWriMo? I just did! What–writing 50,000 words in 30 days doesn’t sound like fun to you? It is, I promise you–admittedly more fun in retrospect than in...
A Morning In My Life (or: Noticing Transitions)

A Morning In My Life (or: Noticing Transitions)

This post was originally published on murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com. See the green shoots? This is the transition I’m happiest about right now–those little green spikes are signs there may be a transition from death to life for my bonsai citrus! This...
Orchids, Nero Wolfe and Can You Name This Tree?

Orchids, Nero Wolfe and Can You Name This Tree?

This post was originally published on murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com. “the orchids were his concubines: insipid, expensive, parasitic and temperamental. He brought them, in their diverse forms and colors, to the limits of their perfection, and then gave them...